Synopsis Prologue (Authors Note): I reveal that my oldest child, GRANT, is transgender. Forward: I relate my desire to be a better mother than my own mother. The Story: Grant is born premature. PARKER is born full-term. Family life is happy. Grant’s style of play is “all boy.” He shows exceptional intelligence. It is difficult for peers to relate to him. Teachers struggle as to where to place him academically. Grant refuses to bond with his father ROBERT. He clings to me. His suffers anxiety and depression. I begin to neglect Parker. Grant doesn’t graduate high school on time. He spends six months in “treatment.” Grant goes to college. He becomes agoraphobic. He returns home for two years. We learn he is bipolar. Parker gets into his first choice college. Robert’s work puts him out of town often. Repeatedly I care for Grant on my own. I fake swallowing many pills and am rushed to the hospital. Grant sees a cognitive therapist. To a computer gaming company he suggests ways to improve their game. They implement all suggestions. Robert and I see a behaviorist and learn new ways to parent. In college Parker wins many academic awards. Grant tells Robert she is transgender. When I learn this I freeze up emotionally. Then I feel rage, then depression. “Gant” choses the name GRACE. Grace comes home for another year. In a writing class she encounters verbal abuse. Due to hurt over neglect Parker leaves graduate school. We send Grace away. She becomes homeless. She encounters physical abuse. I have a breakdown. I leave Robert. In six months I return home. Parker and Grace return to school. Parker, Robert, and I climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. Parker receives his PhD. Grace meets a woman. They become lovers. At thirty she receives her degree. She is recruited to work for the company to which she had made suggestions. She moves to California. Afterward: As a way to heal I must forgive those who have hurt Grace and caused me undo pain.